Erect, clonal shrub to 3 m, silvery-green or grey-green, usually densely pubescent with stellate hairs; prickles absent, or 5–6 mm long, scattered to dense on stems, rare elsewhere. Leaves lanceolate; lamina mostly 30–60 mm long, 5–15 mm wide, discolorous, occasionally concolorous, entire to slightly undulate; petiole 5–15 mm long. Inflorescence short, few–12–flowered; peduncle absent or to 15 mm long; pedicels 5–8 mm long. Calyx 3–5 mm long; lobes triangular, 1–3 mm long. Corolla rotate-stellate, 30–40 mm diam., purple. Anthers 5–6 mm long. Berry globular, 10–15 mm diam., yellow to brownish-black, the skin brittle and breaking irregularly. Seeds 3–5 mm long, dark brown to black.
Commonly associated with ranges,occurring in deep gravelly soils of dry creek lines, rarely on rocky slopes.
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